Self-binder attachment.



B. PENN'INGTON. SELF BINDER ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED OO'I'.26, 1908.

. 9 9 Patented Nov. so, 1909.

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- ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT oTFIoE- EDWIN PENNINGTON, or wns'irnoria, NORTH DAKOTA.

SELF-BINDER ATTACHMENT.

Tocll'whom it mayboncemz Be it known that I, EDWINPEN INGTON, a citizen ofthe United States,.and a resident of est-hope, in the 'county of Bottineauand State of North Dakota, have made certain new and useful Improvements in 'Slf- Binder Attachments, of which'the following a is a specification. a

. are delivered from the self binder may be held together in shock form and at the will My invention relates-to improvements in means for depositing the bundles of grain delivered from a self binder inshocks while the machine is in motion, and it consists of the constructions;combinations and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide means whereby the bundles of grain as they of the operator deposited in shocks.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the number of bundles in the shock may be varied.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and will be particularly" pointed out in the annexed claims.

My invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the device. Fig.

2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. .3 is a dey tail View of the cooperating spring-actuated arm.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown therein a frame which I have denoted in general by A. This frame may be of any convenient form, but is preferably of such dimensions as to conform to parts of .the particular self binder to which it is attached. Extending between the forward and .rear side members respectively of the. frame are the horizontal shafts B and Cl- These shafts are j ournaled in suitable bearings in said side members and are projected beyond the uprights on one side to form shoulders for the shocking members as hereinafter. described. r

The shocking members consist oftwo main parts, a trough D and a cooperating curved arm E. The trough member may be made of any 'suitable material, but ispreferably of sheet metal having suitable stifiening members (Z, or of light wood similarly stiffened. The trough is somewhat longer than the grain bundles to provide guiding means for the bundles when the latter'are to be deposited The trough D is located on.

A pplicatio'n filedOctober 2c, 1908. Serial No. 459,483.

Speeifieation'of'Letters Patent. 7 Patented Nov, 30, 1909,

- the end of the shaft B,'be'ng secured to the side, as clearly latter on its .curvedoute shown in Fig. 1. v

The operating member consists of a curvedv arm E whichis secured to the end of the shaft C. This arm is normally extended by means of the spring F, which is situated -on a rod G, attached directly to the shaft 0.. The rod G is arranged to enter 1 a hollow rodH to which the arm E is attached. A

collar I forms a bearing member for the spring F, while a similar collar on the end of the hollow sleeve His engaged by the springv tothrust the arm' forward. The driving mechanism for the device consists of the three sprocket wheels K, L and M. The sprockets'K and L on the shafts'B and C, respectively, are provided with a crossed sprocket chain 93'1VihiQh causes the shafts B and C consequently to revolve in opposite directions. These shafts are'driven by means of a sprocket M, located on the shaft B and driven by a chain P attached to a sprocket wheel on the mainmachine (not shown) From the foregoing description of various parts ofthe attachment,- the operation thereof may be readily'understood.

The trough D and the arm E are so arranged on the respective jshafts B and C that when the trough is in a horizontal po-' sition, or approximately so, the arm is ver- .tical and when the trough is nearly in a vertical position, the arm E is approximately in a horizontal position and as before stated they are both revolving in opposite directions. The trough is designed to receive the bundles as they are ejected from" the binder and must be of such a size as to hold a sufficient number of the'bundles to form a shock. 'VVhen now enough'have accumulated to form a suitableshock, the op- .erator throws the sprocket member of the main driving mechanism into gear by 'any suitable or'well known means, thereby ac bundles, the number to be dumped in a- In order continues to revolve and when it reaches the posit-ion shown'in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the

shocking attachment mechanism is stopped either by an automatic device which throws the sprocket member of the maindriving mechanism out of gear or by manual means employed by the operator. The starting and stopping mechanism, howeveiyforms no part of the present invention, such means being old and well known. I

Therelative adjustment of the arm E to the trough D is merely-amatter of experiment. It will depend upon the size of the shock and other considerations.

.' to obtain an adjustment I arrange the arm E to be held on the end of the shaft G by means of a 'set screw S, which enables the arm to be set at any angle around the shaft and therefore to be placed in any relative angular relation tothe trough D. This ade justment of the arm E is necessary in order '-t0 insure the dumping of the bundles at the proper time,"so that they will not overturn.

I amawarethat otheriorms of the device based upon the .same" general idea might be cooperate with said trough, and means for driving said sha fts in opposite directions.

2. An attachment for'self. binders comprising a frame, a pair'of horizontal shafts ournaled in said frame, sprocket wheels tan said shafts, and-a 'crossed sprocket chain driving said shafts in opposite dlrectlons, a

trough mounted on the end'of one of said shafts, a spring-actuated curved arm mounted for revolution on the other of said shafts, and means for adjusting the angular position'of said arm with respect to said trough. EDWIN PENNINGTON.

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